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Although the organization denied any knowledge of the brochure, the group has come under criticism in recent years for its distribution of funds from cookie sales and alleged support for abortion, the Washington Times reported.

Parents singled out two Dead Bettie
videos still available on YouTube, although the band's account has been
inactive for several years.

In one, scenes of a woman being stalked and then strangled are cut in with footage of Mr Ackley, who performed under the name Joshua Starr, and the band playing.

One of the Dead Betties music videos shows a woman being stalked and strangled

Joshua Ackley performing with the Dead Betties in one of the music videos that upset some parents

In a second Dead Betties video a man is seen writhing in newspapers

In another, a man is seen seemingly touching himself inappropriately while surrounded by newspapers to the band's raw punk sound.

Conservative campaign groups have been criticizing Mr Ackley's role in the Girl Scout's movement for more than a year.

While he will no longer have as visible a profile within the organization, and his name has been removed from the press contact page, the Girl Scouts have said that he remains working in the press department.

The Girl Scouts have not yet responded to a request for a comment from Mail Online.